In fact, there really is not a new law of nature. It was all in the theory to begin with but nobody worked it out.

relating his experimental confirmation of the fine structure spectrum of hydrogen, as reported by Jagdish Mehra (2001). The historical development of quantum theory. Springer. p. 1037. ISBN 0387950869.

A gifted experimentalist, and theoretician, in the best Newtonian tradition... His contributions to quantum measurements, and elucidative teachings on quantum mechanics, have not yet received the attention they deserve.